When Florida's Richard Zednik and Branislav Mezei signed his Slovakian team jersey before Saturday's game against Tampa Bay, it launched yet another Hound Central autograph project.My decision to buy this jersey (for $40, mind you) for the project was rather simple. Given the fact that I can add such players as Atlanta's Marian Hossa, Boston's Zdeno Chara, Minnesota's Marian Gaborik, Pavol Demitra and Branko Radivojevic, Montreal's Jan Halak, the Isles' Miroslav Satan and the Rangers' Marcel Hossa just this season alone, made it a no-brainer.
Looking ahead to next season, I'll likely switch my scaled-back hounding efforts away from pucks. Instead, I'll focus more on project pieces. This jersey, which looks pretty cool, will be one of those.
Other notable Slovakians, including some members of the 2002 IIHF World Championship winning squad, are Colorado's Peter Budaj and Marek Svatos, Florida's Jozef Stumpel, Los Angeles' Michal Handzus, Ladislav Nagy and Lubomir Visnovsky, Ottawa's Andrej Meszaros and Washington's Milan Jurcina.
Of course, too, I'd leap at any opportunity to add Stan Mikita, Peter Bondra, Ziggy Palffy and any, or all, of the Stastny brothers, Peter, Anton and Marian. Wouldn't you?
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